Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-12-08
FACT AND FANCY.

A cable road is about to be built ut Tacoma,
Washu ton Z rrtory.
The University of Virginia has been left
S., 900 10y deceased Baltimore lady.
Sixty thousand heads Of cabbage are cut up
nto sauerkraut ever. year in Reading, Pa.
Balldings valued at 3 5000 were burned one
day rec ntly at Darant NJ s., BY fire set by
incendIaries.
The natural gas now used In Youngstown,
o. Is conveyed distance of forty miles
through twelve-lnch main.
On farm. in Orange county, New York, Is
da!r school at whch practical instruction
in dairy farming is given for a, nominal sum.
There is war between the cowmen and
sheepuen in eastern New NJ xlco, which has
led to murder, and more violence Is expected.
Co otcs are so numerous and troublesome
in Yo;o county, California, that "A bounty of
$50 scalp ia offered by the county author
tiles
Another good thing gone from Boston. The
Veddar draw ngs for the Runaiyat Of Omar
Khayyane have been purchased BY Mrs. Tracy
of Buffalo.
Pinkeye has developed among horses in a
number of large stables at San Diego, CAL As
vet IL is in mild form, and but one fatal case
is reported
Thirty-one lumber cargoes arrived at San
Diego, Cal, last week, with 1920 0O) feet.
So far this year the total amount rece wed IL
1920 00) feet.
Gadwumps according to The Nsw York
Tribune, are theatre goers who leave their
seats between acts and step on other peoples
toes while going out.
The ID ,mlnion of Canada Is In deb, 10 the
extent of SIS ,500,0O fully S 0 per hea of
population. The domiD on debt has Increased
SO, 46i. $50 since June |.
The people at Victoria, b. c., are much in
censed at the conduct OF The Canadian Pacific
for failure 10 meet its romise regarding the
touc ling ut E.quimalt by the Hong Kong
steamers.
Montana territory claims t. be ready for
statehood, with plenty OF property, plenty III
population, 10000 cattle 10000 horses,
2,OO0.0O0 sheep, aud gold and silver at the rate
of SIG, 900, 600 year.
Queen Margaret OF Italy has had capable
Jewish ms rae ors can read the Old Tesla
ment in Hebrew with ease, and has collected
Il large Hebrew library, with the latest works
on jewish literature.
At the Benny rcnt home in Atlanta, Ga. n
patient who had Il cancer in his st0nici was
kept alive for weeks by nitro-glyccrine The
explosive was placed on his tongue and alb
sorbed 10 o his system without being swal,
lowed.
Capt. A. X. Ham, who died at San jose
Cab few days ago, went To- the Golden
Stale In 1871, and in 1853 he opened up liv
cry stable al Santa Clara VIII Oh he ran ND To
the d., % his death. He was Hor,b from 81,
,J0,aOi /, $1,000 00O
The governor OF Chihuahut sends word td
/ the ,In.nittce at Tucson, Ar zIna, on the
Niles sword celebration that, IA he can not
Lave the limits Of tie state without an art of
congress-, he will send persona representa-
I've to congratulate Gen. Miles Oh behalf Of
the people of Chihuahua
A little ri while paving one day rec 'utly
on porch ut Wallingiord Conn, was startled
by a large bird flying over her hca The bird
flew short distance away and returned again
and was caught AMI held by the ch i'll until
her parents who heard the noise, came out
and secured IT,. ii proved TO he II full grown
partridge apparently unhurt
Artificial o ster culture is being largely
practced In many parts OF China. Bamboo
poles ere plastered with Old shells and plant
ed OH mud flats between low and high water
mark until the oyster spit develops into tiny
o sters when they are transported. When
taken up ak months after the balnbDos are
found to be covered with wellgrown bivalveS.
novel plan to pro note mirriage among the
settlers in the Northwest territory has Just
been adopted by the Canad an Pacific rail-
road. When settler wants to go to Ontario
for his girl he buys matrimonial ticket at the
usual rates; but o. presenting the ticket a
few weeks later at an Ontario station, togeth.
er with a marriage certificate, lie will be en-
titled TO free transportation for his bride.
A terrible story Of want comes from Vienna,
where official inquiry has fouul four thous-
and school children actually suffering the
pangs of starvation. In some cases their
parents seem to I've able to give them plenty OF
gin and other liquor, but no solid food In
Others they live TN dry bread. with an oc-
casiona spoofu of coffee or weak soup II
this is the case with children attending school.
how must 1t be with those too sick or too
weak to 60 to SCHOOL, The lists of infant
mortality in what is generally regarded as
the gayest capital in Europe, after Paris,
Iuust NC iiupp'N bhc uiSCOVcTv OI
this condition Of affairs led to its immediate
alienation.
Steps are being taken by the authorities a.
FL Paso, Tex, to run out the tribe Of Chinese
doctors that has been infcsting that city for
the past half year. The pigtaed die pies of
Esculapius practiced not ony among their
own countrymen but also among the white
people Their mode of treatment, diagnosis, and
pharmacepia are the most ridiculous imagiu-
able, and still they find plenty of customers.
District Judge Falvey has appointed board
of medical examiners for the Thlrty-fOurth
judicial district as provided for by the
statutes Of the state. The board will consist
of three physicians. and when 1t is once or
ganizcd no person will be allowed to practice
medicine in the judicial district without a
certificate from the board The commissio
ers hold Office for two years. This action of
the court will doubtless put an end to a good
deal of heather Chinese doctoring in FL Paso.
question Of interest In the Alaska contro-
versy relates to the probable number of seals
in and around shrng Sea. A cOmnutation